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15. THEY HAVE THE PRETTIEST UNIFORMS. 
A shallow reason? Maybe. But an important one. These guys spend 95% of their screentime in their uniforms so they'd better look good in them. And boy do they. After the neck-less disaster of Season One the costume design people came up with what no doubt are the prettiest uniforms in the history of the fleet (and I'm very partial to the classic ones as well). Let us behold how Patrick Stewart fThat suit ills, okay. And what about the gala uniforms? Guh. This picspam Be Serious, Obviously. 
14. THE HUMOUR. 
You know, I'm Probably retarded But I've got Such a laugh out of Many episodes of this show. And that's Because the humor from the characters eat 
. Yes, There Has Been Some misses (Q-Pid
, I'm looking at you) but mostly the writers handle the humor in a very natural way. It's all full of warmth - like how funny people's reactions to Data plow, or the very Existence of Q, or the whole footage of "Rascals." These People Are delightful and thIder it one of the show's highlights (Not Just Because There Are Picard / Crusher TOUCHINGS OMG, But That Helps). What I meant is the Things That
The Next Generation inherits from the original series. The sense of wonder, Mainly, the awe at the universe, the moral sense of responsability, the stress on the ties of friendship and community. It's so incredibly hopeful about the future - this story of Mankind Itself bettering all the time. The Next Generation 
Feels just Star Trek Undeniably, a true successor. 
A shallow reason? Maybe. But an important one. These guys spend 95% of their screentime in their uniforms so they'd better look good in them. And boy do they. After the neck-less disaster of Season One the costume design people came up with what no doubt are the prettiest uniforms in the history of the fleet (and I'm very partial to the classic ones as well). Let us behold how Patrick Stewart fThat suit ills, okay. And what about the gala uniforms? Guh. This picspam Be Serious, Obviously. 
14. THE HUMOUR. 
You know, I'm Probably retarded But I've got Such a laugh out of Many episodes of this show. And that's Because the humor from the characters eat 
. Yes, There Has Been Some misses (Q-Pid , I'm looking at you) but mostly the writers handle the humor in a very natural way. It's all full of warmth - like how funny people's reactions to Data plow, or the very Existence of Q, or the whole footage of "Rascals." These People Are delightful and thIder it one of the show's highlights (Not Just Because There Are Picard / Crusher TOUCHINGS OMG, But That Helps). What I meant is the Things That
The Next Generation inherits from the original series. The sense of wonder, Mainly, the awe at the universe, the moral sense of responsability, the stress on the ties of friendship and community. It's so incredibly hopeful about the future - this story of Mankind Itself bettering all the time. The Next Generation 
Feels just Star Trek Undeniably, a true successor. 
12. The Holodeck. And
by holoC 11. THE BORG.
They should win every Best Villain poll ever. More than scary they are...chilling. I get shivers down my spine whenever I see that cube. Speaking of which? BEST SHIP DESIGN EVER. The Borg have brought the arguably best two things in the history of The Next Generation : \ing terrifying nonetheless. The rock my socks Borg, resistance is futile.
10. IT HAS THE BEST SERIES FINALE EVER.'s Q is, for Wanting to Better pun true Q. I Admit I have an incredibly soft spot for Q, and it's not Because John de Lancie is hot as hell. It's Because He is obssessed with Picard and I approve of this big time. I know Q Can Be a bit of a douche But really, for an omnipotent Being, I shows clear affection for the people aboard the Enterprise. And I Gives Some Picard a hand at crucial points. Not just in "All Good Things" Particularly I'm grateful to him for "Tapestry." (OT but ... Can I take this as a chance to picspam Openly declare That I ship Q / Vash
The Next Generation When It Was stepped out at the top of STIs game - How Many shows can say that? The last three seasons Had Been Consistently brilliant and INSTEAD OF ITS milking it way past expiration date it jump up with a bang. And-this is very important-with original cast intact for STI Almost the whole run (season two, why did you hurt me so?). But the icing of the cake is the finale. That shows the end Have Few live up to the top quality of Their shows but in this case one can comfortably say that \
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9. Q HAS IT AT HIS FINEST.
I do not care if Q shows up in Any Other show, The Next Generation
quite a bit?) Also, Q is fucking funny and always a joy to see. And John de Lancie can act his ass off.
8. RIKER & TROI.
It's no secret that I have an almost retarded love for Riker. My affection for Troi is equally idiotic. And yes, I know Riker is somehow the fandom's joke but I think he is amazing (please, people to be rewatching \Any Other of the crew, a person with feelings, and all of them to to the last Would Die for Data Without a second thought to him Being an artificial life form. Picard and His Relationship with ... Do not get me started on That Because I Might Cry.
5. IT HAS MANY EPISODES THAT VALIDATE TELEVISION AS AN ART AND MAKE ME PROUD OF BEING A VIEWER - "The Drumhead," "Darmok," "Tapestry," THE INNER LIGHT, ETC.
So in the end, if We Are talking about pure quality of episodes I've Never Been really ashamed to Admit That The Next Generation is one of my favorite shows. (As an aside,
never puts a foot wrong when it comes to dealing with ambiguous ethical questions. And I do mean ambiguous. This is not Merlin
, the issues these -very smart, very committed, very compassionate- people have to deal with are hard. No black-and-white scenarios here. Take an episode like \not be achieved by sacrificing individual liberties. Talk about the measure of a man . Actually, if I had children I would probably show them this series non-stop so they could pick up the ethics of it all.
3. THE GREATEST COCKBLOCKING IN THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION. If you look up the word \ng their relationship unfold (or not) is the closest thing to putting needles in your eyes. Of course, I totally love it. They alternate between COCK-TEASING (\n't put the blame on any or the other, both Picard and Crusher are great at sabotaging the relationship. I honestly believe that somewhere in the future they are together as a couple. I have
to believe that, I have to, or else I would slit my wrists. Idiots.
2. THE EPIC LOVE BETWEEN ALL THE CHARACTERS.
You know, the more tv I watch, the more books and comics and manga I read, the more I'm convinced that my favourite genre of all is
1. JEAN-LUC PICARD / PATRICK STEWART. But if
Star Trek has always been a team-show it is also true that the personality of the captain often sets the mood of the show. If so, then you can't get better than
The Next Generation . Not only is Picard one of my favourite characters ever - smart, cultured, idealistic, with the appearance of a cold, logical officer but who turns out to be extremely warm if you know how to read him, brave, ethical to a fault, curious, loyal to his men, with a healthy ego... well, you get it, I LOVE HIM. Things get better if you take into account that this is MOTHERFUCKING PATRICK STEWART. When is a show able to give you one of the best actors in the world on a weekly basisfor seven years ? I don't know of any other show that does that. And you can say this is a silly sci-fi show but I don't think Patrick Stewart can complain about the chances it gave him for superb acting; you take episodes like \
They should win every Best Villain poll ever. More than scary they are...chilling. I get shivers down my spine whenever I see that cube. Speaking of which? BEST SHIP DESIGN EVER. The Borg have brought the arguably best two things in the history of 
The Next Generation 
9. Q HAS IT AT HIS FINEST. 
8. RIKER & TROI. 
So in the end, if We Are talking about pure quality of episodes I've Never Been really ashamed to Admit That The Next Generation 
never puts a foot wrong when it comes to dealing with ambiguous ethical questions. And I do mean ambiguous. This is not 
for seven years 